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Genes, chromosomes, and disease : from simple traits, to complex traits, to personalized medicine / by Nicholas Wright Gillham.

By: Material type: TextNew Jersey : FT Press Science, 2011Description: xiv, 336 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780137075447 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0137075448 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616/.042 22
LOC classification:
  • RB155.5 .G55 2011
NLM classification:
  • 2011 H-354
  • QZ 50
Contents:
Hunting for disease genes -- How genetic diseases arise -- Ethnicity and genetic disease -- Susceptibility genes and risk factors -- Genes and cancer -- Genes and behavior -- Genes and IQ : an unfinished story -- Preventing genetic disease -- Treating genetic disease -- The dawn of personalized medicine.
Summary: Annotation. This overview covers the rise of medical genetics through the past century and the eugenic impulses it has inspired. It reviews the linkages between genes and disease, ethnic groups' differential susceptibility to genetic traits and disorders, personalized medicine and crucial social and ethical issues arising from progress.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-291) and index.

Hunting for disease genes -- How genetic diseases arise -- Ethnicity and genetic disease -- Susceptibility genes and risk factors -- Genes and cancer -- Genes and behavior -- Genes and IQ : an unfinished story -- Preventing genetic disease -- Treating genetic disease -- The dawn of personalized medicine.

Annotation. This overview covers the rise of medical genetics through the past century and the eugenic impulses it has inspired. It reviews the linkages between genes and disease, ethnic groups' differential susceptibility to genetic traits and disorders, personalized medicine and crucial social and ethical issues arising from progress.

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